Batting great Sunil Gavaskar has made a bold prediction that defending champions KKR will bid for Iyer once again in the mega auction.

Ahead of the IPL 2025 auction, scheduled for November 24-25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, KKR face a make-or-break moment. The title-winning captain of IPL 2024, Shreyas Iyer, has been

KKR's title-winning captain Shreyas Iyer will be among the marquee players who will be going under the hammer in the Indian Premier League Auction 2025.

Alternatively, they may look to grant captaincy duties to Axar Patel, and prioritise finding domestic batting talent with someone like Ishan Kishan, saving their RTMs for pace bowling from Khaleel Ahmed or Mukesh Kumar instead. The IPL auction will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 24th and 25th November.

Sunil Gavaskar predicts Shreyas Iyer's new team ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Iyer has set his base price at Rs 2 crore after being released by Kolkata Knight Riders.

Sunil Gavaskar believes Kolkata Knight Riders might try to buy back Shreyas Iyer in the upcoming IPL auction, despite releasing him. He suggests a disagreement over fees might have led to Iyer's release.

Shreyas Iyer's batting numbers in IPL 2024 were pretty decent, scoring 351 runs from 14 innings at an average of 39 which included two fifties. His strike rate is set at 146.86.